Are wigs from India trayf? Two Jews, three opinions.

In Israel, a Ban on Indian Wigs; In Brooklyn, a Rush to Comply

The issue had come up several years ago, said Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, a leading authority on Jewish law for the Orthodox Union in the United States, but was resolved without a ban. He said it appeared that practices in the Hindu temples where the hair of Indian women is cut might have changed, prompting the new ruling.

I always thought of myself as pretty up on all things Jewish, but I swear I never realized that these things were called snoods. I mean it's a funny enough word, I surely would have remembered it if I had heard it before.